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2001 British Lions Tour To Australia




The tour was noted for tension between the test squad and the midweek squad as well as a controversial newspaper column written by Matt Dawson criticising training as 'mindless'.


TOUR SQUAD


Fullbacks:
Iain Balshaw (Bath and England); Matt Perry (Bath and England)

Wings:
Ben Cohen (Northampton and England); Dafydd James (Llanelli and Wales); Dan Luger (Saracens and England); Jason Robinson (Sale and England); Tyrone Howe (Ulster and Ireland) - injury replacement for Dan Luger

Centres:
Mike Catt (Bath and England); Will Greenwood (Harlequins and England); Rob Henderson (Wasps and Ireland); Brian O'Driscoll (Blackrock College and Ireland); Mark Taylor (Swansea and Wales); Scott Gibbs (Swansea and Wales) - injury replacement for Mike Catt

Fly halves:
Neil Jenkins (Cardiff and Wales); Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution and Ireland); Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle and England)

Scrum halves:
Matt Dawson (Northampton and England); Austin Healey (Leicester and England); Rob Howley (Cardiff and Wales); Andy Nicol (Glasgow and Scotland) - injury replacement for Rob Howley

Props:
Jason Leonard (Harlequins and England); Darren Morris (Swansea and Wales); Tom Smith (Brive and Scotland); Phil Vickery (Gloucester and England); Dai Young (Cardiff and Wales)

Hookers:
Phil Greening (Wasps and England); Robin McBryde (Llanelli and Wales); Keith Wood (Harlequins and Ireland); Gordon Bulloch (Glasgow and Scotland) - injury replacement for Phil Greening; Dorian West (Leicester and England) - called up as back-up after a number of injuries to the squad

Locks:
Jeremy Davidson (Castres and Ireland); Danny Grewcock (Saracens and England); Martin Johnson (Leicester and England; capt); Scott Murray (Saracens and Scotland); Malcolm O'Kelly (St Mary's College and Ireland)

Back row:
Neil Back (Leicester and England); Colin Charvis (Swansea and Wales); Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps and England); Richard Hill (Saracens and England); Scott Quinnell (Llanelli and Wales); Simon Taylor (Edinburgh and Scotland); Martyn Williams (Cardiff and Wales); Martin Corry (Leicester and England) - injury replacement for Simon Taylor; David Wallace (Munster and Ireland) - injury replacement for Lawrence Dallaglio


TOUR RESULTS